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| Most rapid brain growth postnatally occurs between ____ months. |
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4-5
* Half the postnatal brain growth is reached by 1 year of age |
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| What is the best indicator of brain growth? |
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| Which lobe controls voluntary skeletal movement, contains Broca's area for motor speech? |
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| Which lobe controls processing/interpretation of sensory input (visual, auditory, smell, taste, touch sensations as well as pain, temperature, and pressure)? |
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| Which lobe is the primary center for receiving and interpreting visual data? |
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| Which lobe is the primary center for perception of sound and hold Wernicke's area (related to language comprehension)? |
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| The _______ maintains the body's equilibrium, coordinates movement, and relays signals to the muscles from cerebrum. |
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| This controls respiration, circulation, and involuntary reflexes like coughing, sneezing, yawning. |
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| The ______ regulates body temperature, metabolic processes, and involuntary response activity. |
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| Which gland is responsible for hormone control of growth, lactation, and metabolism? |
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| The limbic system controls what? |
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Regulates emotion and motivation, organizes memory.
Also houses aggression and fear. |
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True or false:
Any loss of previously acquired skill indicates a need for referral and further neuro testing. |
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Persistent arching of the back and extension of the neck.
*indicates serious neuro compromise |
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| ______ reflexes are controlled at birth by the brainstem and are involuntary. |
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Primitive
*should disappear by 6 months
*should always be symetrical |
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| ______ reflexes appear after the primitive reflexes disappear. |
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Postural
*appear around 5-6 months, from head to toe |
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May be normal in newborn
*beyond that, suspect upper neuron dysfunction |
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Stereognosis is?
Graphethesia is? |
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Stereognosis is the ability to recognize object by feel.
Graphethesia is the ability to identify shapes traced on palm. |
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| What cranial nerve tests visual acuity? |
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| What cranial nerve tests PERRLA? |
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| What cranial nerves test the six cardinal fields of vision? |
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| III (oculomotor), IV (trochlear), VI (abducens) |
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| How do you grade reflex response? |
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0 to +4
(0- none, +2- normal, +4- hyperactive) |
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| GCS tests consciousness and looks at what areas: |
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Eye opening
Motor response
Verbal response
<8= severe head injury
* can never have 0. |
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| How do you distinguish hypotonia from decreased strength? |
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| Hypotonic infants can still actively move all extremities through normal ROM |
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| CN I is named ______ and tests______. |
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| CN V is named _______ and tests ______. |
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| Trigeminal; sensation of face, masseter muscles of jaw |
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| CN VII is named _____ and tests ____. |
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Facial; symmetry of facial movements
(scowl, smile, puff cheeks, frown, etc. ) |
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| CN IX is named _____ and tests _____. |
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| CN X is named _____ and tests ____. |
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| Vagus; uvula/palate with "ahhh"; voice hoarseness |
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| CN XI is named ____ and tests ____. |
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| Spinal accessory; sternocleidomastoid and deltoid strength |
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| CN XII is named _____ and test ____. |
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| Hypoglossal; tongue movement |
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